Michael Binder

“Criterion offered cineastes who wished to see the original version of a picture their only practical alternative to visiting an archive and lacing up the film themselves on a viewing machine. The company was dedicated to presenting movies uncut, using transfers sourced from the best available elements and, beginning with Invasion of the Body Snatchers, their eighth release, presented in their original theatrical ratios.”
― Michael Binder, A Light Affliction: a History of Film Preservation and Restoration

“Filmmakers had protested comparatively little at the various indignities their work had suffered previously on television, such as frame-cropping, cuts for timing and content, and commercial breaks. Once it became clear they were not entitled to benefit financially from colourisation, the complaints shifted from profit-sharing to artistic integrity.”
― Michael Binder, A Light Affliction: a History of Film Preservation and Restoration